https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1786064644383142187

  • kristina [she/her]
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    7 months ago

    people keep saying this but the meat industry is clearly very terrified of this and is lobbying politicians. i feel like that alone shows there is potential, beyond the advancements china uses to make egg whites and pig skins

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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      7 months ago

      Shit don’t make any sense. Stuff like weed and meat alternatives are a profitable and emerging market. Why don’t these people pivot towards it or at the very least make it easier for them to exploit the market once shit hits the fan and all the cows disappear?

      • kristina [she/her]
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        7 months ago

        Requires investment in new infrastructure and dealing with new regulations. They want profit now not tomorrow

        • dumpster_dove [he/him]
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          7 months ago

          And also all your existing infrastructure and know-how could end up losing its value. I believe the ICE car industry has similar concerns wrt electrification.

      • Moss [they/them]
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        7 months ago

        I get that a lot of capitalists are probably invested in meat agriculture, but opposing weed makes no sense at all to me financially. It's not like it's gonna take away from existing industries, it's by far the easiest drug to get your hands on and rn it's an illegal market to invest in. The only reason I can think of is brainworms, like these capitalists must associate drugs with poor people and people of colour, which are obviously evil

    • NewLeaf
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      7 months ago

      My thing is: who is the target demographic? I don't see anyone switching back from being vegetarian or vegan, and right wingers already hate it. Wine moms who still shop at Whole Foods?

      • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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        7 months ago

        Are veggie meat alternatives cheaper that meat? Because I think once you have a product that is just as tasty and cheaper it's just a generation or maybe two to wipe up the meat industry.

        • NewLeaf
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          7 months ago

          No, they're not, but people need to get over burger brain and realize you don't have to eat meat every meal. Meat substitutes are nice for a treat, but you should totally just eat plants if you're veg/vegan

      • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip
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        7 months ago

        Anyone who isn’t anti-woke or already vegan/vegetarian? Which is still… a lot of people. Just less in America where oh no the woke virus or fucking whatever. Still plenty who do want to eat less meat or whatever.

      • Moss [they/them]
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        7 months ago

        It only needs to be more affordable than murder-meat.

        • NewLeaf
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          7 months ago

          I just don't see that happening. They have an opportunity to make "flawless" meat and they'll do it. The peasants can eat the factory farm garbage

      • kristina [she/her]
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        7 months ago

        Plenty of people can't digest a lot of plant meats, but can digest real meat. There's a ton of potentially problematic issues with plant based meat right now, including high amounts of carbohydrates and complex sugars. So it's very good for people with medical disabilities

      • Dagadashko [none/use name]
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        7 months ago

        Honestly, I'd be very in favor of lab-grown animal products, if they were affordable enough. I'm a pretty big foodie and it would be very wonderful to have an ethical way of enjoying and sharing recipes for which I've been unable to find an adequate vegan substituion.

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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        7 months ago

        Tbr market is people who want to keep eating meat and think the cure to environmental disaster is random technological innovation

        • NewLeaf
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          7 months ago

          Good point. Like how electric cars are supposed to save us, but are worse for the environment because of the production process